Belgian's Jupiler Pro League will now punish players retrospectively for acts on the pitch

Top-flight players in Belgium have been warned no misdemeanor will now go unseen after a new panel was set up to review games

Arjen Robben: Players who go down easily could be at risk from panel (Photo: Reuters)

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Belgium's Jupiter Pro League is set to introduce retrospective punishment this season.

The league has decided to set up a "review panel" that will scrutinized all contentious refereeing decisions, dangerous tackles, dives and handballs the match official might have missed during the game.

This panel will consists of referees who officiated at the highest level for a number of years who will go through every game looking for missed incidents.

Indeed, the panel could also increase the punishment of a player, who for instance was awarded a yellow card up to a red card.

This is a new approach to last season when the match officials decision was deemed final.

Belgium is not the only European country taking steps to improve the quality of their game, in La Liga from next season, referees will use the magic spray that was successfully used in the World Cup.